12.37% Rate Increase for Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults (CAP-DA)

Great news for BAYADA clients and the many North Carolinian disabled adults that wish to remain at home with the help of in-home caregivers! The Medicaid CAP-DA program will see a rate increase from $13.88 to $15.60, effective January 1, 2019. This increase brings parity between the three Medicaid aide programs, Personal Care Services (PCS), CAP-C for Children and CAP-DA for disabled adults.

This much needed increase will enable BAYADA to hire and retain more quality caregivers to serve the many adults with disabilities in North Carolina. Thus, our service offices that serve CAP-DA eligible clients will be able to staff the necessary cases and keep families together and keeping clients whether they want to be – at home.

BAYADA’s Government Affairs Office (GAO), collaboratively with the Association for Home & Hospice Care, worked behinds the scenes with both Medicaid and key lawmakers to ensure this provision was adopted this session. Additionally, we made great strides towards this increase during our 2018 Legislative Day in which several client advocates came to share their stories with lawmakers and talk about the necessity of such increases. Thank you to those who came and shared their voices! We will continue to fight for higher rates to ensure that all North Carolinians will be able to access high-quality, reliable in-home care.